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    Thread: Meaning of 1870s Kanji Shodo on Japanese Student in America Photo ?
Post: RE: Meaning of 1870s Kanji Shodo on Japanese Stud...

(2016-01-27, 7:59 pm)yudantaiteki Wrote: The right column is 米國, so that is America. I agree with the identification of 於ボストン. The next characters might be 書是, and 返 is a good guess for the last ch...
ethos The Japanese language 5 998 2016-01-28, 5:29 pm
    Thread: Meaning of 1870s Kanji Shodo on Japanese Student in America Photo ?
Post: RE: Meaning of 1870s Kanji Shodo on Japanese Stud...

(2016-01-27, 7:12 pm)Oniichan Wrote: l believe the student added the shodo to commemorate living at or visiting a location. Part of the student's education included learning English thus I am not su...
ethos The Japanese language 5 998 2016-01-28, 4:58 pm
    Thread: Meaning of 1870s Kanji Shodo on Japanese Student in America Photo ?
Post: Meaning of 1870s Kanji Shodo on Japanese Student ...

I am doing some historical research on a group of approximately 74 Japanese students that were educated in America from 1871 to 1876. They are listed within a pdf document located at the url below. L...
ethos The Japanese language 5 998 2016-01-23, 10:19 pm